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VT LEG #363612 v.1 granting deferments, the Department shall fully consider the participant’s estimation of the number of hours the participant is able-to-work. (d) Absent an apparent condition or claimed physical, emotional, or mental condition, participants are presumed to be able-to-work. A participant shall have the burden of demonstrating the existence of the condition asserted as the basis for a deferral or modification of the work requirement. (e) Deferments and modifications granted pursuant to this section shall continue for as long as the grounds for the deferment or modification exist or until expiration of a related time period specified in subsection (b) of this section, whichever occurs first. (f) As used in this section, “health care provider” means a person, partnership, or corporation, other than a facility or institution, licensed or certified or authorized by law to provide professional health care service in this State to an individual during that individual’s medical care, treatment, or confinement The program participation requirements established in section 1113 of this chapter shall be deferred when: (1) a participating adult is 60 years of age or older; (2) a participating adult is caring for a child under six weeks of age; (3) a participating adult for whom, due to the effects of domestic violence, engaging in the program participation requirements can be reasonably anticipated to result in serious physical or emotional harm to the participating adult or participating adult’s child; or